Chemistry for Environmental Scientists

Detlev Möller

Published by De Gruyter 2015

Chemistry for Environmental Scientists

Detlev Möller

In the series De Gruyter Textbook

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110410013

Overview
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About this book

Non-chemists in environmental sciences and engineering (e.g. physicists, biologists, ecologists, geographers, soil scientists, hydrologists, meteorologists, economists, engineers) need chemical basic knowledge for understanding chemical processes in the environment. This book focuses on general and fundamental chemistry (including required physics) such as properties and bonding of matter, chemical kinetics and mechanisms, phase and chemical equilibrium, the basic features of air (gases), water (liquids) and soil (solids) and the most important substances and their reactions in the environment. Selected key environmental chemical processes are shortly characterised in the light of multi-component and multiphase chemistry.

This book is also useful for chemists who are beginning work on environmental issues.

Written also for non-chemists such as geologists, ecologists, climatologists, biologists, engineers etc.
Complementing the standard literature on atmosphere, soil, rock sphere, water, and environmental processes.

Author / Editor information

Detlev M. Möller, Brandenburg Technical University, Cottbus, Germany.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
List of principal symbols Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XII
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Chemistry under environmental conditions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
3. Fundamentals of physical chemistry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
4. Chemistry of elements and its compounds in the environment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
5. Chemical processes in the environment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	264
A. List of acronyms and abbreviations in environmental sciences found in literature Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	342
B. Quantities, units and some useful numerical values Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	346
C. List of the elements (alphabetically) with the exception of transactinides (z = 103–118); blue: radioactive elements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	350
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	353
Author index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	358
Subject index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	361
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	380

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Students in environmental chemistry, meteorology, geology, ecology, biology and engineering.
Pages
- Front matter: 14
- Main content: 380
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 67
- Tables: 78
Keywords: Environmental Chemistry; Soil; Water; Air; Atmosphere; Pollution; Environmental Processes

eBook

Published: September 14, 2015
ISBN: 9783110410013